I know I shared our new home move, blah, blah, blah.

I know that feels like I’m bragging, but to me it is more about the realization that we were under-living.  (There were some HOGs considerations involved).

The previous post was also a nod to others in the (frugal) FI community sharing their home improvements.

I used to think I was busy enough.  I felt that I was organized and had a great process for my weekly flow.  I definitely had a lot of “I’m too retired for that” action mentality.

I have mentioned that I’ve notice that staying in the same groove too long can develop into a rut.  Well, “Hell YES,” rut busted, BIG time in our new home.

I’ve noticed I haven’t posted in a while, and it’s now the second half of the month.  I need to try and get my twice-a-month posts going so I don’t end my easy-to-meet streak.

I’d like to say the reason I’m late posting is that I’ve been living Full Speed FI.  Well, maybe that’s true in the sense that we are in the process of moving after 35 years in our starter (“ending”) home, well, not ending at this point.

Full Speed on a Different Path than Planned

On a Sunday afternoon, I read how the house market has been really slow, and prices are weak, and it’s a buyer’s market.  I fired up Redfin and did some looking.  I didn’t find anything my wife would want (garage-wise), but there were a couple houses that looked cool.

While at CampFI this summer, I got more motivated to say Hell YES to the things that I want to do.  To take action and get going on the important items in my Don’t Forget List.  It is time to make my someday things a priority.

Goal is for 2027: to be Full Speed FI.

To be better and over-achieve, to do, I may consider starting 2027 early, right after CampFI Rocky Mount Colo in July. 

Why

Why not?  Why wait? 

Those are trite responses to my own section question, but they are real answers.  What is stopping me, or delaying me from saying Hell YES at this point in my life?  Why should I wait and defer some of these Hell YESSES?

Most of the time, my wife asks me something or to do something; I tend to say, “I’m in the middle of something.”  I heard it in a hotel once while watching King of Queens, and that Kevin was flexing in front of the mirror.    It seemed so perfect in my mind–being self-absorbed in a hilarious way. 

Update.  I wanted to see if I could find the clip as I remembered it.  Well, of course the interweb had the exact clip I remember listed first (above), but Google also mentioned that it’s a recurring statement in the show.  That makes me happy because it recurs in our home all the time.

What’s my point/thought?

I find great satisfaction in being able to assign my time to my interests.  I love not having a job or boss dictating my schedule.

I was thinking.  You know, as I often, always do.  Just random thoughts.  Random thoughts in my LifeInFIRE.

I realized in fIre, the I was the key (for me).

RE

I’ve heard and read SO many times how “retiring” early is “not the goal.”  So many of the “content creators” say something like, “Most of the early retired people I know still work and make money.” 

Could that simply be the self-selected group of who content creators surround themselves with?  “You’re the average of the FI people you surround yourself with.”